The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12
O'BRIEN UNDER ARREST.
HE REFUSED TO MAKE PROMISES
TO A DETECTIVE.

Taken Into Custody on q Boat Which
He Had Boarded to Decline Messrs.
Lebouchere and Hartington's Invita-
ton to Accompany Them to Lon
don-He Addresses a Crowd
MITcHELLsTowN, Sept. 1.-THE town
has been quiet to-day. The victims of the
fight Friday will be given public funeral
tomorrow, which will be made the occasion
of a great demonstration. A man named
Shinnick and boy named Casey are dying
from the effects of wounds they received
on Friday. Casey's ante-mortem deposition
has been taken. He states that he was
standing near ShinniclI, at one corner of
the square, when Head Constable O'Sulli-
van came to the window of the barracks and
fred at him. Four witnesses confirmed this
statement The Nationalist say that they
have evidence to establish the identity of
the policeman who shot Riordan.
Contingents of Nationalists from all the
surrounding towns promise to attend the
funeral. The procession will be an enormous
one The police refuse to allow the cortege
to traverse the regular route to the ceme-
tery, which passes the barracks. The Ma
tionalists consider this great indignity, as
they will be compelled to go through
the Protestant part of the town.
They claim that they had a right
to take the usual route, promising to resort
to no violence. The coffin of the old man,
shot dead on Friday, whose name was
Lonergau, not Riordan, is inscribed as fol-
lows Michael Lonergan murdered Sept.
9, 1897 Requiescdt IN pace"
o'BRIEN ARRESTED.
DUBLIN, Sept. 11.-Mr. O'Brien was ar
rested to-day while seeing Mr.. Labouchere
off on a steamer
Mr.. O'Brien spent the day at Bollyb ybrack
with Messrs. Dillon and Harrington. He
received a telegram from Messrs.
Labouchere and Brunner requesting him to
accompany them to London. Mr.. O'Brien,
accompanied by Mr.. Harrington, went on
board the Kingstown boat for the
purpose of declining the invitation
to go to London, when a detective
met him and said he would
not be arrested if he pledged himself not to
go to England. Mr.. O'Brien refused this
condition, when he was taken into custody
and escorted to the Imperial Hotel by the
detective, who informed him that he could
stay all night if he would promise that he
would not make a speech.
ADDRESSING A CROWD.
This promise was not given, and Mr.
of the hotel. He said: $50 long as there
is breath in my body my voice viii not be
silent until | am gagged. | am proud to
suffer for Mitchelistown. When in Kings
town was told | would not be arrested if
did not undertake to go to London That
shows that the government is beginning to
dread us in England" Mr. O'Brien will
remain at the hotel tonight, and
proceed to Mitchellstown in the morning
The crowd gathered in front of the hotel
was very enthusiastic Mr. O'Brien, in an
interview on the subject of his arrest, said
be had no intention of going to England
when he boarded the boat. He merely went
there to see Mr.. Labouchere AS to making
a speech at the hotel, he said he had no idea
A MEETING AT CORK.
Messrs. Labouchere, Hooper, Brunner and
other members of Parliament addressed a
meeting in Cork on Saturday, called to de-
nounce the action of the government.
Michael Davitt spoke at a meeting in
Dublin to-day. He declared that he would
adopt every word and meaning of Mr..
O'Briens speech at Mitchellstown.
Irishmen would deserve the contempt of
the world if they allowed themselves
to be hunted from their cabins like beasts.
He complained bitterly against the Con-
stabulary for Staying their own kith and
kin in cold blood, and even without word
of command from their officers. If the
sumbering ernbers of retaliatory vengeance
were faced. as III 1881, he hoped they would
not be blamed, for any evil wrought upon
Ireland would fall upon the instlgators OF
the MitchellStown massacre